Monday, March 31, 2008

Evan's Profession



Evan will officially be a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine in May of 2009. He is currently attending the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt College in Oakland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History (with a minor in Chemistry) from the University of Washington in 2005. Evan has chosen to be a podiatrist because he wants a job that enables him to have a lot of time to spend with his family. He enjoys taking on challenges and helping other people. Evan has excellent fine motor skills, which will be very useful in surgery. He has developed these fine motor skills through his favorite hobby, painting.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Favorites

We thought we'd start out our blog by listing a few of our favorite things. After reading the list, you may ask yourself, "Why are these two even together?"
We find our differences compliment each other very well.

Movies:

Jenny - Napoleon Dynamite
(basically any movie that is set in high school)
Evan - Star Wars (all of them)
Lord of the Rings (all of them)

Games:

Jenny - Loaded Questions
Apples to Apples
Evan - Warhammer
Munchkin

TV Shows:
Jenny - The Office
The Colbert Report
"Growing Up" series on Animal Planet
Evan - Battlestar Galactica
The Office
The Big Bang Theory

Books:
Jenny - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Yearning For the Living God by F. Enzio Busche
Evan - The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1984 by George Orwell
Dune by Frank Herbert

Snack Food:
Jenny - white cheddar popcorn
Evan - nachos

Hymns:

Jenny - "If You Could High to Kolob"
"Be Still My Soul"
"Evan - Lead, Kindly Light"
"How Firm a Foundation"

Quote:

Jenny -
"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."
-George Eliot
Evan -
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"
"Actually, who are we not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won't feel insecure around you."
"We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us. It's in everyone, and, as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
-Nelson Mandella

Scripture:
Jenny - John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Evan - Ether 12: 4 & 6
4 Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God.
6 And now, I Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.


Dessert:
Jenny- Cheesecake
Evan - Cookies and Cream Ice Cream

Songs:
Jenny - There are too many to name. Some are:
"Ghost" and "Galileo" Indigo Girls

"You're the One For Me, Fatty" and
"We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful" Morrissey

"Conjunction Junction" Schoolhouse Rock
"Remember When" Alan Jackson
"Jenny Was A Friend of Mine" The Killers
Evan - "Smoke Rings in the Dark" Gary Allen
"Boy Named Sue" Johnny Cash
"White and Nerdy" Wierd Al

Singers/Bands:
Jenny -
U2, Indigo Girls, They Might Be Giants, The Fray,
Michael Buble, Michael McLean
(This is hard to narrow down, obviously.)

Evan - Gary Allen, Matchbox 20, Wierd Al, Tim McGraw

Favorite Classes in College:
Jenny - Sociology
Physics
Evan - History of George Orwell
Junior Thesis: Alexander the Great

Favorite Animal:

Jenny - Giant Panda
Evan - Husky

Fast Food Restaurant:
Jenny - Chipotle
Evan - Subway

Sit-Down Restaurant:
Jenny - The Cheesecake Factory
Evan - Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

Calling in Church:
Jenny - Primary Chorister (even though I've never had this calling)
Evan - Teaching in Elder's Quorum

Vacation Spot (you've already been to):
Jenny -
Victoria B.C.

Yosemite

Evan -
Monterey Bay, CA
Lake Quinalt, WA